diff --git a/tests/Elasticsearch/Tests/Serializers/EverythingToJSONSerializerTest.php b/tests/Elasticsearch/Tests/Serializers/EverythingToJSONSerializerTest.php
index 7522cac7a..75a433cc0 100644
--- a/tests/Elasticsearch/Tests/Serializers/EverythingToJSONSerializerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Elasticsearch/Tests/Serializers/EverythingToJSONSerializerTest.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 namespace Elasticsearch\Tests\Serializers;
 
+use Elasticsearch\Common\Exceptions\RuntimeException;
 use Elasticsearch\Serializers\EverythingToJSONSerializer;
 use Mockery as m;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,17 @@ public function testSerializeArray()
         $this->assertSame($body, $ret);
     }
 
+    public function testSerializeArrayEmpty()
+    {
+        $serializer = new EverythingToJSONSerializer();
+        $data = [];
+
+        $ret = $serializer->serialize($data);
+
+        $this->assertSame('{}', $ret);
+
+    }
+
     public function testSerializeString()
     {
         $serializer = new EverythingToJSONSerializer();
@@ -54,6 +66,8 @@ public function testSerializeString()
         $this->assertSame($body, $ret);
     }
 
+
+
     public function testDeserializeJSON()
     {
         $serializer = new EverythingToJSONSerializer();